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The lab, a part of the museum’s gree n initiative, will demonstrate smalk wind turbines that could be erected on smallo businessesand homes. When five turbines — ranging betweejn 40 feet and seven feet inheight — will rest on the museum’sa roof. Two of the turbines are operationapl on the Cambridge side of the with the other three to be installed on the Bostoj sidethis summer. “This is a giant science says David Rabkin, Farinom Director for current science and technolog y atthe museum, in a prepared writtenn statement. “No one has tested five differentf small turbines in arooftoop laboratory.
Although there’s lots of interest in small-scalde wind turbines, we found little data on theirt performanceand impact. Despite a year of collecting data on the wind at the westill don’t really know enougjh about the turbines to predict their performance.” The lab came out of earlu efforts to use wind to meet a portion of the museum’sx energy needs. Studies showed the area’s wind resources were not stront enough to generate meaningful so the museum andthe ’s Renewabl e Energy Trust refocused the projecyt to provide information to potentialp turbine owners on differences in design and function of varioue turbines.